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Climatology of thermospheric neutral winds over Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco
Mohamed Kaab
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Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Zouhair Benkhaldoun
Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Daniel J. Fisher
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Brian Harding
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Aziza Bounhir
Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Jonathan J. Makela
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Amine Laghriyeb
Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Khalifa Malki
Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Ahmed Daassou
Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Mohamed Lazrek
Oukaimeden Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique, FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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Short summary
we present the first multi-year results of the climatology of horizontal winds obtained during a period of 26 months. We compare the observed climatologies of neutral winds to that provided by the recently updated Horizontal Wind Model (HWM14) in order to validate that model's predictions of the thermospheric wind patterns over the eastern portion of Africa. HWM14 generally compares well with the horizontal winds, but significant magnitude and phase differences remain in certain seasons.
we present the first multi-year results of the climatology of horizontal winds obtained during a...
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